I, Tonya Page #2

On the ice, Tonya, 8, in an ugly homemade skating outfit,

flounders. Parents sit as far from Lavona as possible.

LAVONA (CONT’D)

Are you even trying. Cause there’sother places I’d f***ing rather be...

Concentrate. Is that what you call aclean skate, for Christ sake?

SKATER MOM:

Could you not swear in front of thekids please, Lavona?

LAVONA:

I didn’t swear, you c*nt. (To Tonyatalking

to a skater) Stop talking toher! That girl is your enemy. You’renot here to make friends.

Tonya and the girl skate toward the exit. Lavona jumps up.

LAVONA (CONT’D)

Where the hell are you going?

6.

TONYA:

I have to go to the bathroom.

LAVONA:

Don’t tell me what you have to do. Ipaid for you to skate. You’re gonnastay on the ice and skate.

The other girl heads off. Tonya looks toward the bathroom.

LAVONA (CONT’D)

Get over here.

Tonya recognizes the look on her mother’s face. She skatesbackward, away from Lavona.

LAVONA (CONT’D)

You’ll have to come off the ice

sometime. Ya hear me? I’ll be righthere waiting.

Tonya knows this is true. She puts all her attention on the ice.

Then she twirls IMPOSSIBLY HIGH, landing perfectly.

Tonya stops suddenly. She drops her head. Urine runs downTonya’s leg.

Tonya looks to Lavona who crosses her arms & watches coldly.

LAVONA (CONT’D)

Skate wet.

15 INT. HARDING HOME -DAY -CLOSE ON: MODERN DAY LAVONA 15

LAVONA:

To hear her tell it, I would operateon her daily without anaesthesia. Onefuckin’ time. I hit her one time, witha hairbrush.

16 INT. PRACTICE RINK -BATHROOM -OREGON -DAY 16

Lavona WHACKS 8 year old Tonya with a hairbrush.

LAVONA:

F***ing terrible, scum sucking, loser!

A female skating judge walks in, catching them. Tonya and Lavonalook up at her, caught.

7.

LAVONA (V.O.)

A child sometimes wants to be

corrected.

17 INT. HARDING HOME -DAY 17

Lavona kicks over a tall chair 8 year old Tonya is sitting in.

LAVONA:

Answer me when I talk to you.

18 INT. HARDING HOME -DAY -CLOSE ON: MODERN DAY LAVONA 18

LAVONA:

When I felt this, I gave hercriticism.

19 INT/EXT. LAVONA’S CAR -PARKING LOT -NIGHT 19

Through the car’s BACK WINDOW, we see Lavona slap 8 year oldTonya across the face.

20 INT. HARDING HOME -DAY -CLOSE ON: MODERN DAY LAVONA 20

LAVONA:

The thing about Tonya was, she skatedbetter when she was enraged. If therewas no “You can’t do it” type ofthing, she wouldn’t do it.

The bird poops on Lavona’s shoulder. Lavona keeps on talking.

LAVONA (CONT’D)

On the ice, I was there to inspireher. Off the ice she was a happy, welladjusted girl.

21 EXT. WOODS -OREGON -MORNING 21

Close on:
Tonya, 12ish. She raises a gun MALEVOLENTLY and fires.

BAM!!

A rabbit hops out of the way.

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